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Lauryn Hill wrote a statement on Instagram on Thursday (April 14) supporting the FAIR Act, a California bill that seeks to scale back the 'unjust' power record labels have over artists.

Lauryn Hill sightings are few and far between, but the elusive Fugeeslegend reemerged on Thursday (April 14) to throw her support behind a California bill looking to limit the power record labels have over artists. The Free Artists From Industry Restrictions (FAIR) Act aims to repeal a 1987 amendment to Californias Seven-Year Statute that allows labels to sue artists for damages if they leave after seven years without fulfilling the required number of albums outlined in their contract. The bill also includes additional provisions such as enabling artists to terminate their original contract if the label fails to exercise its option for more releases within nine months after a commercial release and resetting the seven-year period if an artist willfully renegotiates an existing deal. Artists can easily fall prey to the internal politics of business, someone inside simply not liking them, or bullying and intimidation and the attacks that come when someone resists that coercion, Hill wrote in a statement on Instagram. Music is a most powerful medium. Often people want to influence the influencers and will top at nothing less than treachery to accomplish their goal. Greed often perverts the creative intentions of young dreamers who dont realize theyre up against a system with a history of using and crushing people who dont comply with their agenda. Read more